With the Copa America 2015 starting on June 11, it's time to start getting excited and begin your preparations. What better way to do so than perusing the top 50 players heading to the tournament?
We've ranked the players arriving in Chile based not only on their skill levels but also their importance to their national team and their projected impact at the tournament.
This is to ensure we feature the right players who are going to make a splash but also do not clog the list with the entirety of Brazil and Argentina's rosters, leaving no room for any of the more obscure but still important players.
Due to the onus placed on projecting impact at the tournament while ranking the players, there are some who inevitably slipped off. That is not to say they are not good players, but we focused on the expected starting XIs to ensure we were featuring those who would actually play.
For example: Marquinhos is a superb centre-back, but he's the fourth-choice Brazilian heading to Chile in his position. He doesn't feature here, as he likely won't feature there.
Listed here are a few stronger players who are further down the pecking order but should still be noted, and some to watch from the weaker nations who will be looking to surprise.
Honourable Mentions/Players to Watch
Lionel Messi, Argentina
Neymar junior, Brazil
Alexis Sanchez, Chile
James Rodrigez, Colombia
Radamel Falcao, Colombia
Edison Cavani, Uruguay
Derlis Gonzalez, Paraguay
Justo Villar, Paraguay
Jeison Murillo, Colombia
David Ospina, Colombia
Jackson Martinez, Colombia
Carlos Zambrano, Peru
Andre Carrillo, Peru
David Luiz, Brazil
Raul Jimenez, Mexico
Juan Carlos Medina, Mexico
Marco Fabian, Mexico
Luis Montes, Mexico
Alexander Dominguez, Ecuador
Gonzalo Higuain, Argentina
Kemar Lawrence, Jamaica
Rodolph Austin, Jamaica
Marcelo Moreno Martins, Bolivia
Alvaro Gonzalez, Uruguay